Gilbert's Hill

A cluster of farm buildings is set at a distance from the roadway (which in an earlier alignment passed directly through it).

There are two barns and a milk house, all dating to the 19th century, and there is a ski hut at the base of the hillside behind the farm yard.

The hut was built about 1936, and is a modest frame structure finished with novelty siding and a metal roof.

The owners of the Woodstock Inn were instrumental in the development of a rope tow, powered by the motor of a Ford Model T truck, and paid the Gilberts for permission to install it on their hillside in 1934.

The innovation made it possible for skiers to quickly ascend the hill, and to enjoy many more downhill runs than were previously possible.